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Ray Bradbury

Something Wicked This Way ComesRay Bradbury Avon (reprint, hardcover, 304 pages, $15 US)
Publication date: June 8, 1999 (First Edition: Sept. 1962)
Avon issued this American classic of dark fantasy in paperback last year (partially inspiring a
cranky column from editor Neil Walsh). Now they bring
it back in a handsome hardcover edition - no doubt just to make Neil happy.
"Three hours after midnight, one week before Halloween, Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow
Show rolls into Green Town, Illinois. A carnival like no other, it feeds on the dreams and
weaknesses of those drawn to its eerie attractions, destroying every life touched by its strange and
sinister mystery. Two boys -- best friends Will Halloway and Jim Nightshade -- are about to learn the
secret of its smoke, mazes and mirrors as they confront a nightmarish evil that will change their lives
forever."

Art: Chris Lane

Ahmed and the Oblivion MachinesAvon (hardcover, 64 pages, $14/$19 Can)
Publication date: November 11, 1998
The incomparable Ray Bradbury's latest offering is a novella-length tale illustrated by Chris
Lane. When 12-year-old Ahmed falls off his camel (after spending too long gazing at the
stars), it looks like his young life is over. But when he stumbles over an ancient bronze
mask, long buried in the sand, his tears bring it to life, and he finds himself face to face
with the magical giant Gonn-ben-Allah-- and soon flying across the desert in one magical
construct after another, strange flying devices called oblivion machines. A new fable from
the author of Dandelion Wine and The Halloween Tree.

Dandelion WineAvon (reprint, hardcover, 288 pages, $15 US)
Publication date: February, 1998
One of the great classics of the genre, back in print in an affordable hardcover from Avon.
"Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green town, Illinois, is as vast and deep as the whole
wide world that lies beyond the city limits. It is a pair of brand-new tennis shoes, the first harvest of
dandelions for Grandfather's renowned intoxicant, the distant clang of the trolley's bell on a hazy
afternoon. It is yesteryear and tomorrow blended into an unforgettable always. But as young
Douglas is about to discover, summer can be more than the repetition of established rituals whose
mystical power holds time at bay. It can be a best friend moving away, a human time machine who
can transport you back to the Civil War, or a sideshow automaton able to glimpse the bittersweet
future. "

Green Shadows, White WhaleAvon/EOS (reprint, trade paperback, 240 pages, $10 US)
Publication date: September, 1998 (First Printing: 1992)
The Grand Master of Fantasy's 1992 novel has been called "mainstream" -- if you can slap that label on a book
which imagines Bradbury himself being called to Ireland to write a screenplay for an epic film adaptation of Moby
Dick by legendary director John Huston -- and where he confronts a laughing ogre, IRA members, priests,
banshees, George Bernard Shaw, and a cast of colorful characters as he discovers the secrets of the Irish.

Driving BlindAvon (reprint, paperback, 259 pages, $6.50 US/$8.50 Can)
Publication date: September 9, 1998 (First Printing: October 1997)
The latest collection of short fiction from the master of American fantasy. Of the 21 stories herein, only four
are reprints -- the other seventeen are all original to this volume. In these tales Bradbury shows us
an expert car salesman with no face (the title piece), the Death of Death, ghosts and gambling, a sinister butcher,
a dead man who believes he's still alive, and many others.
"A stunning new collection of short fiction by the beloved Dean of American storytellers, Driving Blind takes
readers on unforgettable excursions to the fantastic, glorious grand tours through time and memory -- interspersed
with strange, unexpected side trips to the disturbing and the eerie."

I Sing the Body Electric! Avon trade paperback
Get that "I-know-it's-a-classic-but-won't-it-put-me-to-sleep?" look out of your eye. Collected here are 28 of the greatest
stories (and one poem) by one of the great masters of 20th century fantasy, with settings ranging from the verdant
Irish countryside to the coldest reaches of outer space. Classic material that has influenced two generations of American
fantasy writers, and has been translated into... oh, never mind. You're hopeless. Go back to the Godzilla compendium.

A Medicine for Melancholy Avon (reprint, trade paperback
Avon reprints one of the early collections from the author Fahrenheit 451, The Illustrated Man,
and The Martian Chronicles. Featuring 32 tales from the '40s and '50s, including "The Wonderful
Ice-Cream Suit" and "The Million Year Picnic."

The Illustrated ManAvon hard cover
If this true classic of the genre has somehow escaped your library up to now, here's your
chance to correct the situation with a high quality, inexpensive ($15 US) edition from Avon.
The Illustrated Man contains eighteen interwoven tales rich with the kind of imagery Bradbury
is famous for: "The mournful cries of celestial travelers cast out cruelly
into vast, empty space... the sight of gray dust settling over a forgotten outpost...
the pungent odor of Jupiter on a returning father's clothing. Here living cities take
their vengeance, Martian invasions are foiled by the
good life and the glad hand, and dreams are carried aloft
in junkyard rockets." Do yourself a favour and don't depart summer without a copy.

The Martian ChroniclesAvon Books hard cover
Latest edition of the Bradbury classic. A good chance to get
it into your library, if it's somehow avoided you up 'til now.

Quicker than the EyeAvon Books hard cover
The latest from the grand master of modern fantasy, this new collection from the
author of The Martian Chronicles and The October Country offers never
before collected stories.